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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#17651: Jan 28th 2016 at 8:29:55 PM

I thought the joke was abput the Japanese using english lettering to spell stuff sometimes and a weird name came out of it...or is that not very common.

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#17652: Jan 28th 2016 at 8:58:19 PM

I knew there was some sort of joke being made about the HETAP drink, but I could never figure out what it was.

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#17653: Jan 28th 2016 at 9:01:18 PM

I think the joke was Vegeta wanted to kill whoever took the last one.

But yeah, I'm with Moth13 on this, I think part of the gag is just that Vegeta is matter-of-factly calling it by it's weird name. Same way when Goku was singing Highway to Hell, he changed the lyrics to Highway to HFIL.

edited 28th Jan '16 9:03:17 PM by Lionheart0

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#17654: Jan 28th 2016 at 9:02:58 PM

No, that's just Vegeta's way of contributing to the ongoing joke.

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#17655: Jan 28th 2016 at 9:48:51 PM

DBZA really doesn't have as many fandom jokes as people expect. When I was watching it for the first time, the only thing that really confused me was everything with the humans and Mr. Popo in Season 1. Which is pretty much what a first-time viewer of DBZ itself would be confused by.

(EDIT: Oh, and the "multi-form technique" part. God, they kept so much filler in Season 1.)

And perhaps maybe the exposition about the Saiyan backstory and Freeza wasn't the best (Basically, the way they handled the Bardock special and early Season 2), but nowadays...it does a great job of explaining everything.

edited 28th Jan '16 9:49:37 PM by LOLypop1224

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#17656: Jan 28th 2016 at 9:54:02 PM

I honestly can't even think what is so humorous about HETAP. I mean, it is an invented word, but it is not like "coca-cola" is have an obvious meaning either.

Maybe it is because I am not a native speaker myself, but I just never thought there was anything unusual. I wasn't even aware it was supposed to be a joke.

I think the joke was Vegeta wanted to kill whoever took the last one.

That I obviously got. But I thought the joke was just the character interactions, not the brand name.

edited 28th Jan '16 9:54:51 PM by Heatth

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#17657: Jan 28th 2016 at 10:27:00 PM

HETAP was just some nonsense English letters they put on the drink cans for some reason. DBZA ran with it.

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EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#17658: Jan 29th 2016 at 5:29:57 AM

I don't really get the Joke. I found Vegeta's reaction hilarious. Like "To kill snacks!"

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#17659: Jan 29th 2016 at 5:50:17 AM

[up][up] Thank you for actually explaining the joke.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#17660: Jan 29th 2016 at 6:16:02 AM

Point proven! Not to beat a dead horse, but now I have to wonder how many 'in' jokes TFS used in this series, not many, but:

There's HETAP, Vegeta's SAD FOR YOU (less likely because the delivery and its memetic status are hard to ignore), Cell being in the basement, Cell being confused by the naming of the cities, the East City Westmen, the Battlebacks - all of these things were just in the show.

Krillin's joke about Piccolo flying to the Lookout.

"Now that I have the chance to say this - sorry about my dad killing Chiaotzu."

Cell of course, humming his Bruce Falconer theme, and I loved that.

edited 29th Jan '16 6:18:09 AM by Soble

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#17661: Jan 29th 2016 at 6:20:27 AM

I think the East City joke works regardless.

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#17662: Jan 29th 2016 at 6:23:01 AM

HETAP feels like a mild Inherently Funny Word to me.

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#17663: Jan 29th 2016 at 6:47:41 AM

[up][up][up] There's also Goku saying HIFL.

God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#17664: Jan 29th 2016 at 7:24:58 AM

The East City joke works regardless, yes.

I was able to accept off the bat that that wasn't edited from the original.

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#17665: Jan 29th 2016 at 8:29:21 AM

Even I didn't realize "SAD FOR YOU" is supposed to be a fandom in-joke. I just took it as Vegeta's increasing belligerence and refusal to acknowledge the fact that he might be the underdog in this fight. It's a terrible comeback screamed at the top of his lungs as he desperately feigns superiority in a fight he's already lost. The punchline is him getting the shit kicked out of him.

Which is the punchline of Vegeta's character as a whole, really.

edited 29th Jan '16 8:31:25 AM by TobiasDrake

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EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#17666: Jan 29th 2016 at 8:31:16 AM

So if Buu Saga is confirmed, does this mean Vegeta will become a beter person.

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#17667: Jan 29th 2016 at 8:31:49 AM

<.< >.>

Yes. He will be a better person in the Buu Saga.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#17668: Jan 29th 2016 at 8:38:42 AM

I mean, yeah, he will be, but that's a pretty low bar to clear.

EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#17669: Jan 29th 2016 at 8:48:40 AM

Oh don't I know it. Vegeta has a lot to clear to be actually a good good person.

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#17670: Jan 29th 2016 at 9:12:22 AM

I can't wait to see Team Four Star take on the Great Saiyaman - or as I like to call it, the proof that the Ginyu Force scarred Gohan for life. I hope we get a whole episode dedicated to that.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#17671: Jan 29th 2016 at 9:16:49 AM

@Fandom In-Jokes: There's a couple dub take that jokes too, like the awkward "Freeza doesn't have an I in it" one.

edited 29th Jan '16 9:18:05 AM by KnownUnknown

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#17672: Jan 29th 2016 at 9:17:51 AM

I don't remember that one. What episode was it in?

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#17673: Jan 29th 2016 at 9:29:10 AM

The one where Trunks talks to Freeza. He pronounces the name like Freyeza.

...heh. What if Trunks meant to ask if the name had an "eye" in it.

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#17674: Jan 29th 2016 at 9:30:32 AM

And Jeice being Space Australian. That one I did have to explain.

The Frieza versus Freeza was a Weeaboo gag during Future Trunks's confrontation. Trunks calls him "Fries-za", sparking this exchange:

  • FRIEZA: It's "Freeza".
  • TRUNKS: Then why is there an I in it?
  • FRIEZA: There isn't.
  • TRUNKS: Huh. I'll have to fix that when I go back.

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edited 29th Jan '16 9:32:25 AM by TobiasDrake

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God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#17675: Jan 29th 2016 at 9:32:38 AM

Wait, I thought the Gohan Henshin thing was just gonna be GT? It's seriously in Z?

Oh ohohohoh, this is gonna be GREAT.


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